relinquō, relinquere, relīquī, relictum

Definitions for relinquere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to leave behind, leave, abandon, desert
English derivatives:
relinguish reliquary relict relic delinquent dereliction

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To quit the company of (a person or sim.), depart from, leave. (b) to sever one's connection with, forsake. leave.
2
To go away and leave (a place), depart from, abandon; signa ~inquere, to desert the ranks. (b) to extend away from; (of a line) to deviate from.
3
To leave, quit, relinquish (an occupation, obligation, condition, etc.). (b) to relinquish (something belonging to one).
4
(of conditions, attributes, faculties, etc.) To leave, desert.
5
To outstrip, leave behind (in attainments or sim.). (b) (in physical dimensions).

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Sentences with relinquere

Latin to English

Hāc fāmā narrātā, dux urbem since morā relīquit.Compare When (since, etc.) this rumor has been reported, the leader left the city without delay.

Cicerō Terentiam relinquere timēbat.Compare Cicero was afraid to leave Terentia behind.

Et eunt homines mirari alta montium, et ingentes fluctus maris, et latissimos lapsus fluminum, et Oceani ambitum, et gyros siderum, et relinquunt se ipsos.Compare Men go forth to marvel at the mountain heights, at huge waves in the sea, at the board expanse of flowing rivers, at the wide reaches of the ocean, and at the circuits of the stars, but themselves they pass by.

Tune potes dulcis, ingrate, relinquere nugas?Compare Can you, ungrateful man, resign your pleasant trifles?

Urbem excoluit adeō ut iūre sit glōriātus marmoream sē relinquere quam latericiam accēpisset. (Said of Augustus, Suetonius, Augustus XXVIII.3)Compare He improved Rome to such an extent that he could rightly boast of having found it brick and left it marble.

Trecenti sex pereo invenio, unus relinquo.Compare I find that three hundred and six perished, that one was left.

Argi et Lacedaemon, duo clarus urbs, lumen quondam Graceia, sub pes tuus relinquo?Compare Shall we leave beneath your feet Argos and Lacedaemon, two most illustrious cities, once the luminaries of Greece?

Conjugation table for relinquere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
relinquō relinquis relinquit relinquimus relinquitis relinquunt	relinquēbam relinquēbās relinquēbat relinquēbāmus relinquēbātis relinquēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
relīquī relīquistī relīquit relīquimus relīquistis relīquērunt / relīquēre	relīqueram relīquerās relīquerat relīquerāmus relīquerātis relīquerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
relinquam relinquēs relinquet relinquēmus relinquētis relinquent	relīquerō relīqueris relīquerit relīquerimus relīqueritis relīquerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
relinquam relinquās relinquat relinquāmus relinquātis relinquant	relinquerem relinquerēs relinqueret relinquerēmus relinquerētis relinquerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
relīquerim relīqueris relīquerit relīquerimus relīqueritis relīquerint	relīquissem relīquissēs relīquisset relīquissēmus relīquissētis relīquissent
Infinitive present relinquere Infinitive perfect relīquisse Infinitive future relictūrum esse	Imperative present relinque relinquite Imperative future relinquitō relinquitō relinquitōte relinquuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
relinquor relinqueris relinquitur relinquimur relinquiminī relinquuntur	relinquēbar relinquēbāris / relinquēbāre relinquēbātur relinquēbāmur relinquēbāminī relinquēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
relictus sum relictus es relictus est relictī sumus relictī estis relictī sunt	relictus eram relictus erās relictus erat relictī erāmus relictī erātis relictī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
relinquar relinquēris / relinquēre relinquētur relinquēmur relinquēminī relinquentur	relictus erō relictus eris relictus erit relictī erimus relictī eritis relictī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
relinquar relinquāris / relinquāre relinquātur relinquāmur relinquāminī relinquantur	relinquerer relinquerēris / relinquerēre relinquerētur relinquerēmur relinquerēminī relinquerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
relictus sim relictus sīs relictus sit relictī sīmus relictī sītis relictī sint	relictus essem relictus essēs relictus esset relictī essēmus relictī essētis relictī essent
Infinitive present relinquī Infinitive perfect relictum esse Infinitive future relictum īrī	Imperative present relinquere relinquiminī Imperative future relinquitor relinquitor - relinquuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	relinquēns	relinquentēs
Gen.	relinquentis	relinquentium
Dat.	relinquentī	relinquentibus
Acc.	relinquentem	relinquentēs
Abl.	relinquente	relinquentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	relictūrus	relictūrī
Gen.	relictūrī	relictūrōrum
Dat.	relictūrō	relictūrīs
Acc.	relictūrum	relictūrōs
Abl.	relictūrō	relictūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	relictus	relictī
Gen.	relictī	relictōrum
Dat.	relictō	relictīs
Acc.	relictum	relictōs
Abl.	relictō	relictīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	relinquendus	relinquendī
Gen.	relinquendī	relinquendōrum
Dat.	relinquendō	relinquendīs
Acc.	relinquendum	relinquendōs
Abl.	relinquendō	relinquendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	relinquere	relictum
Gen.	relinquendī	relictū
Dat.	relinquendō
Acc.	relinquendum
Abl.	relinquendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 137.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1606.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "relinquō, relinquere, relīquī, relictum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 26, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/relinquo-relinquere-reliqui-relictum.